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New RE update and Hysteroscopy question

lilmac2929lilmac2929 member
edited January 2015 in Secondary IF
HI Ladies!

I finally saw my new RE and I love him.  I am bummed he is an hour away but I'd rather drive the extra 45 min for someone I trust.  He already mentioned things that I was unaware of (I may have a unicornian uterus, he saw potential polyps, I have low reserve) that my other doc failed to mention. I am already so much more encouraged.  He wants to explore more with an HSC.  

BTDT ladies, what can I expect from HSC? No laparoscopy just the hysteroscopy.  I haven't scheduled yet (waiting for AF) but wanted to see what you thought of it! Thanks!
 
DS: Born November 2011
TTC #2 since April '13
DH 35, Me: 34
DX: Unexplained Secondary Infertility, Slight DOR
Sept 14 - IUI (Clomid + Ovidrel) = BFN
Oct 14 - IUI (Clomid + Ovidrel + Progesterone) = BFN
Nov 14- Benched due to cysts Looking for New Doc
Feb - IUI #3 (Letrozole + Ovridrel)
March/April - IVF #1 - Antagonist Protocol - Follistim+HGH+Low Dose HCG - 11R/9M/5F - 2 8 cell 3dtransfer - BFN on April 23, 2014


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Re: New RE update and Hysteroscopy question

  • FrenchteachermamaFrenchteachermama member
    Is an HSC the same as an HSG?



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    My FF Chart:
    http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/490dd7
    TTC #3 since June 2013
    BFP #1 7/21/2013--EDD 3/30/14--D&C 9/24/13
    BFP #2 1/28/14--MC 2/7/14
    IUI #1 5mg Femara + trigger = BFN
    IUI #2 5mg Femara + trigger = BFN
    IUI #3 5mg Femara + trigger = BFN
    IVF #1, Stimmed for 12 days, ER 8/22/14, 9 retrieved, 7M, 7F!!  Freeze all due to fluid in uterus.
    FET end of October 2014 cancelled due to fluid in uterus due to possible c-scar defect
    Surgery scheduled 12/12/14 to fix possible isthmocele
    3/26/15 transferred one 8 cell grade 4 embryo and one 6 cell grade 3 embryo = slow rising betas for 2+ weeks = ectopic MTX shot 4/29/15
    Repeat c-scar surgery June 2015
    2nd and last IVF cycle August 2015, stimmed for 12 days, 2 egg retrieved, both mature and both fertilized.  Transferred both 8-cell embryos on Day 3, beta 9/5/15 = BFFN
    MOVING TO ADOPTION!  


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  • lilmac2929lilmac2929 member
    edited January 2015
    Frenchteachermama said:

    Is an HSC the same as an HSG?

    @Frenchteachermama‌, no this apparently focuses on uterus and checks for polyps. Etc vs the fallopian tubes and dye test. I had a hell of a time with hsg so I'm curious what others have experienced comparing the two
    DS: Born November 2011
    TTC #2 since April '13
    DH 35, Me: 34
    DX: Unexplained Secondary Infertility, Slight DOR
    Sept 14 - IUI (Clomid + Ovidrel) = BFN
    Oct 14 - IUI (Clomid + Ovidrel + Progesterone) = BFN
    Nov 14- Benched due to cysts Looking for New Doc
    Feb - IUI #3 (Letrozole + Ovridrel)
    March/April - IVF #1 - Antagonist Protocol - Follistim+HGH+Low Dose HCG - 11R/9M/5F - 2 8 cell 3dtransfer - BFN on April 23, 2014


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  • pettycrockerpettycrocker member
    So this is another term for SHG? Where they just shoot the water in your UTE and do the U/S to check things out? It's very simple, much easier than the HSG IMO. Sorry the new place is so far, but I think it's worth the drive if you feel more comfortable with your Dr!


    Good luck with everything 


    Spontaneous pregnancy #1
    DD1 July 31, 2011

    Trying for #2 since Oct 11
    732973 Clomid Cycles
    2 IUIs 
    3 Fresh IVFs= 1 Ectopic treated with MTX
    Spontaneous pregnancy #2= Ectopic #2= lost left tube
    Spontaneous pregnancy #3= DD2 January 29, 2016
    Spontaneous pregnancy #4= Ectopic #3
    Spontaneous pregnancy #5= Baby #3 is a BOY!!! 



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  • FrenchteachermamaFrenchteachermama member
    potatocastillo said:

    So this is another term for SHG? Where they just shoot the water in your UTE and do the U/S to check things out? It's very simple, much easier than the HSG IMO. Sorry the new place is so far, but I think it's worth the drive if you feel more comfortable with your Dr!



    Good luck with everything 
    This. If it's like an SHG it's just a bit uncomfortable and only lasts a few minutes.



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    My FF Chart:
    http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/490dd7
    TTC #3 since June 2013
    BFP #1 7/21/2013--EDD 3/30/14--D&C 9/24/13
    BFP #2 1/28/14--MC 2/7/14
    IUI #1 5mg Femara + trigger = BFN
    IUI #2 5mg Femara + trigger = BFN
    IUI #3 5mg Femara + trigger = BFN
    IVF #1, Stimmed for 12 days, ER 8/22/14, 9 retrieved, 7M, 7F!!  Freeze all due to fluid in uterus.
    FET end of October 2014 cancelled due to fluid in uterus due to possible c-scar defect
    Surgery scheduled 12/12/14 to fix possible isthmocele
    3/26/15 transferred one 8 cell grade 4 embryo and one 6 cell grade 3 embryo = slow rising betas for 2+ weeks = ectopic MTX shot 4/29/15
    Repeat c-scar surgery June 2015
    2nd and last IVF cycle August 2015, stimmed for 12 days, 2 egg retrieved, both mature and both fertilized.  Transferred both 8-cell embryos on Day 3, beta 9/5/15 = BFFN
    MOVING TO ADOPTION!  


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  • lilmac2929lilmac2929 member
    Thanks ladies! I think it is a little different.  I heard it is worse than HSG. I did find a website that helped explain with patient "testimonials":

    DS: Born November 2011
    TTC #2 since April '13
    DH 35, Me: 34
    DX: Unexplained Secondary Infertility, Slight DOR
    Sept 14 - IUI (Clomid + Ovidrel) = BFN
    Oct 14 - IUI (Clomid + Ovidrel + Progesterone) = BFN
    Nov 14- Benched due to cysts Looking for New Doc
    Feb - IUI #3 (Letrozole + Ovridrel)
    March/April - IVF #1 - Antagonist Protocol - Follistim+HGH+Low Dose HCG - 11R/9M/5F - 2 8 cell 3dtransfer - BFN on April 23, 2014


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  • pettycrockerpettycrocker member
    Oh! Hysteroscopy! I've never seen it abbreviated. Sorry I've never done this, but I know lots of ladies on the board have experience with it, so hopefully you can get some good responses. I would change your title to actually say Hysteroscopy, because I'm not sure this abbreviation is widely used. 


    Good luck! 


    Spontaneous pregnancy #1
    DD1 July 31, 2011

    Trying for #2 since Oct 11
    732973 Clomid Cycles
    2 IUIs 
    3 Fresh IVFs= 1 Ectopic treated with MTX
    Spontaneous pregnancy #2= Ectopic #2= lost left tube
    Spontaneous pregnancy #3= DD2 January 29, 2016
    Spontaneous pregnancy #4= Ectopic #3
    Spontaneous pregnancy #5= Baby #3 is a BOY!!! 



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  • AmyH0807AmyH0807 member
    I had a d&c and hysteroscopy done at the same time in September to make sure everything was ok before I started on the clomid this time. They did it as an outpatient procedure at the hospital. I had some cramping, but nothing severe. They said I would have a better chance of getting pregnant right after, but obviously that did not happen.

    Good luck with the procedure!


    Me: 36 DH: 33  DD:2

    PCOS diagnosis February, 2011
    Clomid - 50 mg + Met June & July 2011 - BFN
    Clomid - 100 mg + Met September 2011 - BFN
    Clomid - 150 mg + Met Oct & Nov 2011 - +OPK - BFN
    HSG - clear S/A - normal
    IUI #1 - Clomid 150 mg/Ovidrel/Met - February, 2012 - BFN
    IUI #2 - Clomid 150 mg/Ovidrel/Met - March, 2012 - BFP!!!  EDD 11/29/12

    Daughter born on 11/6/12

     

    TTC #2 since 5/14

    9/14 - D&C / Hysteroscopy

    11/14 - Met / Clomid 100 mg - BFN

    12/14 - Met / Clomid 100 mg / Ovidrel / Acupuncture - BFN

    1/15 - Met / Clomid 100 mg / Ovidrel - IUI #1 - ???




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  • Jen071407Jen071407 member
    Ok, I had to go back and look in my charts, and apparently I did have this done way back when I first started seeing my RE in 2012. I had it done in conjunction with a D&C to remove retained calcified placenta from DD2's pregnancy (Har Har we thought this would cure all our IF issues...fast forward 2 years and here we are! Still.) Anyway, for me it was an outpatient procedure with general anesthesia. I had some minor flow and then spotting after. No major cramping that I can remember. Good luck!

    Two DDs 10/08 and 08/10, no primary IF
    TTC #3 since 10/2011 - dx unexplained/weak ovulation
     3 BFN clomid + TI cycles, 5 BFN clomid/gonal f IUIs, 1 mmc IUI
    2/19/2014 IVF #1 Unexpected low E2 (oversuppressed) -> increased to max doses = 3 or 4 follicles, converting to IUI
    BFFP Saw 1 beautiful heartbeat at 6w6d, follow up u/s at 9w showed mmc. Eff this.
    NTNP 5/2014-9/2014, OPKs and TI 10/2014 - 1/2015. 
    RPL testing all normal, AFC, AMH, and FSH all normal. 
    IVF 1.2 1/22/2014 natural cycle start, AFC 28, 300 gonal f/150menopur. 
    ER 2/3/15 14R 8M 3F w/ICSI Day 5 transfer on 2/8/15 of one "Grade A+" blast and have TWO frosties! 

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  • lilmac2929lilmac2929 member
    Sorry! I'm too acronym happy :).

    Thanks ladies!!
    DS: Born November 2011
    TTC #2 since April '13
    DH 35, Me: 34
    DX: Unexplained Secondary Infertility, Slight DOR
    Sept 14 - IUI (Clomid + Ovidrel) = BFN
    Oct 14 - IUI (Clomid + Ovidrel + Progesterone) = BFN
    Nov 14- Benched due to cysts Looking for New Doc
    Feb - IUI #3 (Letrozole + Ovridrel)
    March/April - IVF #1 - Antagonist Protocol - Follistim+HGH+Low Dose HCG - 11R/9M/5F - 2 8 cell 3dtransfer - BFN on April 23, 2014


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  • FlamingemuFlamingemu member
    I am glad you found someone you are more comfortable with. I still drive a bit to my Drs even though there are a bunch in between me and the office I use. I like the people at the one I see. That makes all the difference sometimes. 

    I had a simple one over the summer and only had some minor cramping afterwards. I felt completely normal the next day.

    I had one in conjunction with a D&C in October and was crampy for a couple days. 

    If you had a bad experience with the HSG just mention it to your Doc and they can give you some suped up advil. Good luck!



    Kid #1 - 09/03/12
    Kid #2 - maybe???
    Diagnosed with Severe Ashermans 
    Hysteroscopy #10 - scar tissue grew back reblocking my right tube
    #11 or IVF with scarring still inside?
    1 lone embryo from September 2016 retreival, dx with Trisomy 16, starting fresh
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  • Davie813Davie813 member
    Glad you like your RE, and hope the hysteroscopy goes well!
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    Me: 41, DH: 45
    DD, 6/15/2013
    TTC #2 beginning January 2014
    AMH 1.05; FSH range 7-11

    July 2014: IUI #1.  Follistim + Pregnyl.  2 follicles--BFN
    September 2014: IUI #2.  Follistim + Pregnyl + Ganirelix + Crinone.  4(?) follicles--BFN
    October 2014: IUI #3.  More Follistim + More Ganirelix + Pregnyl + Crinone.  4 follicles--BFP!  Beta #1=10 Beta #2=33 Beta #3=97 Beta #4=158.  M/C 11/1/14
    December 2014: IVF #1.  Microdose Lupron protocol.  9R, 9M, 9F.  3 5-day blasts transferred 12/15. BFFN.
    April 2015: IVF #2.  Microdose Lupron protocol.  16R, 15M, 12F. Transferred 2 5-day blasts 4/12 and froze 4--BFP!  M/C 5/25/15
    August 2015: IVF #3.  14R, 13M, 11F.  Froze 5 blasts for CCS testing.  3 normals.  FET planned for 10/2015.



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  • STL34STL34 member
    The hysteroscopy itself isn't bad.  I was put under twilight anesthesia for all of mine, though.  Recovery depends on if they do anything more than look around during the hysterosopy.  I have had cyst aspirations with two and a polyp removed during one.  The polyp removal caused some bleeding rather than the normal spotting I had after the one with just the cyst aspiration.  I recommend taking a pad with you for afterwards.  Also, find out if they will use anesthesia of some sort.  Good luck!

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    Me= 37 and DH = 41 

    Dx: DOR, Endo, APA+ (really high beta 2 glycoprotein antibody and high everything else tested), heterozygous MTHFR mutation, positive for lupus anticoagulant, high FSH, low AMH and both tubes blocked (per HSG on 3/8/11)

    IVF #1 - long lupron (with HGH, intralipids, lovenox and BA); 4 retrieved, 3 fertilized; ET 2 blasts and 1 frozen = BFN

    IVF #2 - a version of antagonist with EPP (with HGH, intralipids, lovenox and BA); 6 retrieved, 4 mature, 3 fertilized, 2 blasts and 1 frozen blast transferred on day 5 = BFN.

    IVF #3 April was postponed to May, May was canceled. June/July was canceled. Had a cyst aspiration and then began IVF #3 in August. ER on 8/22; ET on 8/24 with AH. +HPT on 9/5. Beta #1 (11dpo) = 3; Beta #2 (15dpo) = 29; Beta #3 (17dpo) = 60; Beta #4 (19 dpo) = 118. Heartbeat at 6 weeks 6 days =132.  Lil is here!

    TTC#2:  Trigger + TI = BFN; Clomid + Trigger + IUI = BFN.

    IVF #4:  BCP + MDLF + Lovenox = 7R, 1F = Transferred 1 6-cell embryo on day 3 = BFN

    IVF #5:  MDLF + Lovenox = 4R, 1F = Transferred 1 10-cell compacting embryo on day 3 = BFN

    IVF #6:  (New RE):  Long Antagonist November 2014 (transferred two 8 cell grade 1 embryos and froze one blast) = BFN

    FET#1:  BFN

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